Improvement in cotton-bale ties



1. M. GuLnsMlTH.'

Cotton-Bale Ties.

NO 152480. l A Patented June 30,1874.

ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES J. )IORTIMER GOLDSMITH, OF BOSTON,IVIASSAOIIUSETTS.

PATENT OFFICE;

IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON-BALE TiES.

Specification forming part of Lettcrs Patent No. 152,480, dated June 30,1874; application filed June 13, 12574. Y

To all whom lit may concor-n:

Beit known that I, J'. MoRTrMER GOLD- SMITH, of Boston, in the county ofSuffolk and State of l\'lassachusetts, have invented a new and valuableImprovement iu Bale-Ties; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operationof the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a partof this specification, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon.

Figure l of the drawing is a representation of a sectional view of mybale-tie, and Fig. 2 is a plan view.

This invention has relation to bale ties, wherein are employed slottedplates, one of the ends of which are permanently riveted t0 one of theends of a binder, the other ends being slotted to receive the bindersand allow' them to be adjusted to the size of any bale. It consists in aslotted plate which is wedgeshaped in longitudinal section, to one endof which an end of a binder is rigidly and permanently attached, theslot being constructed in its other end, and inclined from theperpendicular to the line of strain, and provided at its outer upperedge and its lower inner edge with a ridge, whereby the free end of abinder, when it is introduced into said slot and the pressure upon themass removed, will be bent at obtuse angles to the line of strain, andwill be rigidly secured in said slot under any degree of tension, aswill be hereinafter more fully explained.

In the annexed drawings, A designates a metallic binder, one end ofwhich is rigidly attached to a metal buckle, B, by means of a rivet orrivets. In the other end of the said buckle is a slot, b, having itsbearing-surfaces b1 b2 inclining, the one toward the other, and which isinclined from the perpendicular to the line of strain. Upon the uppersurface of Said buckle, and at the outer edge of the slot b, a ridge orraised portion, c, is constructed, having its upper at surface at anobtuse angle to the outer bearing-surface, b1 of the slot. Upon thelower dat surface ofthe buckle and the inner edge of said slot, a ridgeor elevation, d, is formed, of which the lower fiat surface is likewiseat an obtuse angle to the inner bearing-surface b of the slot b.. If thebent end of the binder B, which I shall cause to be designated by theletter B', be now inserted into the slot b to complete the tic, and itbe drawn through the said slot until the binder closely conforms to thecontour of a baled mass 5 it', now, the pressure upon the baled mass beremoved, its expansion will cause the said binder to be bent at obtuseangles to the line of strain at that portion thereof which is within theslot--that is to say, it will be bent in the direction of the slot, andthen over the flat surfaces of the ridges c and (l in such a manner asto form obtuse angles to the line of strain. The expansion of the baledmass, consequent upon the removal ot the compressing power forces thesurfaces of the binder B strongly against the angular lips e e of theslot b at the same time that it bends the said binder, as shown in Fig.l, and the'pressure of the binder against the said angular lips and theresistance opposed by the bent portion i of the binder to being drawnthrough the slot b, will cause the binder to be securely held by saidslot, and thus at'- ford an effective and easily-applied tie for thepurpose of baling cotton, hay, moss, or other analogous substances.

The use of a bent portion, i, as shown in Fig. l, at an obtuse angle,presents obvious advantages over those which may be bent at rightangles, or at acute angles to the line of strain, as I am enabled to usean inferior article of iron for binders, there being no possibility ofcasual breaking while the bale is being transported to a market.

Ih-at I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a bale-tie, the slotted plate B, having an inclined slot, l), andconstructed with ridges c and d on the front upper lip and rear lowerlip of the said slot, in combination with a binder, B, rigidly attachedto the said plate, so that the line of strain shall be in a directionwith the length of the plate.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

J. MORTIMER GOLDSMITH.

Witnesses L. W. GHAMBERLIN, JULEs M HILZHEIM.

